Best Tourist Places to Visit in Hjallerup, Denmark, Europe

Best Tourist Places to Visit in Hjallerup, Denmark, Europe

Hjallerup is a town located in the Northern Jutland in Denmark between 57.1675° N latitude and 10.145° E longitude, around 21 km northeast of the regional capital, Aalborg and 435 kms northwest of the national capital, Copenhagen. It comes under the Bronderslev Municipality housing a population of 3,768 as of the recent census.

Hjallerup is especially noted for its Hjallerup Market which is a horse market organized in the month of June annually drawing traders, buskers and vagabonds from all around the country. The major landmarks in Hjallerup include Hjallerup Church, Hjallerup Cultural Center and Library and Ostergade Street.

How to reach Hjallerup?

Hjallerup is served by Aalborg Airport, located about 25 km from the centre of Hjallerup town with scheduled flights to Stavanger, Oslo, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Malaga, London and Istanbul.

KLM, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Turkish Airlines and British Airways are some major airlines serving Aalborg Airport.

There are regular buses departing to Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Frederikshavn and Aalborg from Hjallerup. Also many travel agencies offer daily bus services to Hjallerup during peak tourist season.

To reach tourist destinations and airport and for local travel, visitors can use local bus or rental car or bike. Most of the travel agencies in Hjallerup offer advance booking facility.

Food and Shopping in Hjallerup:

Hjallerup Market is basically a horse market but tourists can also find some class performances of buskers and also can purchase some traditional handicrafts, clothes and other crafts at affordable cost in the market.

Hjallerup houses some upgraded restaurants serving both locals and tourists with tasty native fruit juices, desserts and soups as well. Also tourists can reach neighboring Aalborg (21 km) for more eateries.

The prominent food corners in Hjallerup include:

Hotel Hjallerup Kro Restaurant
Roberto’s Pizza & Grill
Grill Cafeen
Cafe Ephesus

What to do in Hjallerup?

Participate in festival celebrations
Shopping
Walking
Bike riding

What to see in Hjallerup?

Hjallerup Church:

Hjallerup Church is a major religious site as well as landmark in Hjallerup known for its grand construction and holiness. Nice structure.

Hjallerup Market:

Hjallerup Market is a very special attraction of Hjallerup, held between 4^th and 7^th of June annually. This Northern Europe’s largest horse market features many performances of buskers.

Hjallerup Cultural Center:

Hjallerup is home to a cultural centre depicting grand culture, tradition and events of Hjallerup. Also there is a library within the cultural centre.

List of other places of interest in and around Hjallerup include:

Ostergade Street
Hjallerup Mekaniske Museum
Orum Church
Keramiker Jette Abildgaard
Galleri Strid
Aalborg Zoo
Jens Bangs House
Budolfi Church
Aalborg Castle
Aalborg Akvavit
KUNSTEN Modern Museum of Art
Ancient Viking graveyard
House of Music
Aalborg Historical Museum
Jørgen Olufsens House
Royal Tax House

Ideal time to visit Hjallerup:

Hjallerup can be visited throughout the year; especially the month of June will be best while typical Hjallerup Market takes place.

Where to stay in Hjallerup?

Other than Hjallerup Market and historical site, Hjallerup is also famous for its well facilitated hotels and resort. Most of the hotels in Hjallerup have recently upgraded with tourist favor facilities such as doctor on call, swimming pool, AC, 24 hour internet connectivity and electricity, hot water bath, inbuilt restaurant and bar. Here is the list of best hotels in and around Hjallerup: